British Open Tag Team Championship

This article is about the British Open Tag Team Championship. For the British Tag Team Championship that consists of the unified RQW and IPW:UK titles, see Unified British Tag Team Championship.

The British (Open) Tag Team Championship is the top tag team championship contested for throughout the British wrestling circuit. It is currently being contested for in Brian Dixon's All Star Wrestling.[1]

Although the title was created just after the end of regular wrestling coverage on ITV, nonetheless it has changed hands on national UK television, as footage Steve Prince and Vic Powers' victory over Liverpool Lads Robbie Brookside and Doc Dean was included on Brookside's episode of Video Diaries on BBC2 in 1994.[2] Also, author Simon Garfield included a detailed description of Brookside and Dean regaining the titles in Liverpool on 31 March 1995 in his book The Wrestling published by Faber & Faber [3]

Many versions of the British Tag Team Titles exist in the independent circuit of the United Kingdom at any given time but the scene is usually dominated by one companies version. When another company becomes dominant the title often manages to unify itself or is brought into that company.

Current champions

"Chippendale" Mikey Whiplash and new partner, Robbie Dynamite defeated the UK Dream Team (Kid Cool and Dean "2 Xtreme" Allmark) on 25 February 2006 in Staffordshire to win the titles and were defended as recently as April 2009.

Title history

This is a history of the British Tag Team Championship:[1]

Wrestlers: Reigns: Date: Place: Notes:
All Star Wrestling
King Ben & Kid McCoy 1 1989 [4]
The Superflys
Ricky Knight & Jimmy Ocean		 1 29/03/1990 Bristol [4]
Liverpool Lads
Robbie Brookside & "Doc" Dean		 1 23/01/1991 Bath [4]
Task Force
Steve Prince & Vic Powers		 1 23/01/1993 Norwich Title changed screened on BBC2 in Robbie Brookside's Video Diary. Win awarded by technical knockout after Brookside and Dean clashed heads.[2][4]
The Superflys
Ricky Knight (2) & Jimmy Ocean (2)		 2 13/03/1993 Norwich [4]
Liverpool Lads
Robbie Brookside (2) & "Doc" Dean (2)		 2 31/03/1995 Liverpool [4]
The Superflys
Ricky Knight (3) & Jimmy Ocean (3)		 3 1995 [4]
Power Rangers
(Red & Blue)		 1 15/06/1995 Bristol [4]
Belts were vacated when the Power Rangers gimmick was dropped.[4]
Marty Jones & Peter Collins 1 01/02/1996 Bristol Defeated "Liverpool Lads" (Rob Brookside & "Doc" Dean)[4]
Belts were vacated sometime later that year.[4]
The Superflys
Ricky Knight (4) & Jimmy Ocean (4)		 4 1996 [4]
Jimmy Ocean (5) & Canary Kid 1 ??/08/1998 Ocean defeated Ricky Knight in a singles match for the titles and chooses Kid as his partner.[4]
Title becomes inactive.
The Wrestling Alliance
The New Superflys Ricky Knight (5) & Roy Knight 1 2001
Robbie Brookside (3) & Doug Williams 1 02/02/2002 Margate
Title becomes inactive.
All Star Wrestling
UK Dream Team
Kid Cool & Dean "2 Xtreme" Allmark		 1 07/06/2005 Croydon Defeated "The Chippendales" Mikey Whiplash & Johnny Midnight to be recognized by All-Star.
Mikey Whiplash & Robbie Dynamite 1 25/02/2006 Staffordshire

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "British Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Clip of Steve Prince and Vic Powers winning British Open Tag Team title from Liverpool Lads in Norwich, 21 January 1993, Video Diaries: Robbie Brookside BBC2 1994
  3. ↑ Simon Garfield The Wrestling Faber & Faber 1996 reprinted 2007 ISBN 978-0-571-23676-3
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Duncan, Royal; Will, Gary (2000). "Europe - Great Britain: British Open Tag Team Title". Wrestling title histories: professional wrestling champions around the world from the 19th century to the present. Pennsylvania: Archeus Communications. p. 404. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.

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